MigrantoLiving in Western Sahara
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Key insights on migration trends, cost of living, visas, economy, and quality of life in Western Sahara
Migration trends
Western Sahara's defining migration fact is its diaspora: about 202.1K people, the vast majority of them in neighboring Algeria (168.9K), with a smaller community in Mauritania. That number has grown 9% over the past decade. Movement in the other direction is minimal — just a few thousand foreign-born residents, mostly from West Africa.
Immigrants5.4K · foreign-born residents
Diaspora202.1K · Western Sahara abroad
Trends−196.7K · more leave than arrive
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